• Around 7 years of Storage consulting experience, applying people, process, problem solving and technical skills to improve individual, team and organizational performance. Designed, developed, and implemented several technical infrastructural solutions supporting technologies EMC Symmetrix, DMX, VMAX, VNX, EMC Clariion series, Storage Solutions in various organizations. An impassioned Storage Consultant who mentors with purpose and understands that strong working relationships create great teams and produce exceptional results and to get a challenging trustworthy position with a well-known firm where my efforts and experience will have useful application and use of my ability for advancement.
• IT experience in SAN Storage Administration especially in EMC HP, supporting multiple platforms and applications.
• Expertise in EMC Storage VNX, Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3, DMX-2, CLARiiON CX4-Series, CX3- Series, CX-700, CX-500 Storage Arrays.
• Configuring and managing Network for Block and File in VNX
• Expertise in Hitachi VSP, USP-V, USP, AMS series Storage Arrays.
• Experienced with CISCO Enterprise Director Switches like MDS 9513/9509/9506 and BROCADE Director Switches like DCX, 48K, 24K, 12K.
• Excellent experience with Storage Navigator, Device Manager and Fabric Manager.
• Worked on day-to-day SAN related tasks, Zoning, Meta Creation, Mapping and Masking using SYMCLI, Unisphere and Navisphere.
• Experience with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning on Enterprise Modular Storage Arrays.
• Knowledge in troubleshooting day to day SAN/NAS Storage and host related issues quickly.
• Administration of NS704g NAS Celerra systems including creation of file systems using Automatic Volume Manager, exporting and mounting CIFS/NFS shares using Celerra manager, adding new drives to the NAS Box.
• Hands on experience in using Storage Navigator 2 /Storage Navigator and SNM2.
• Construed knowledge in installation and configuration of VERITAS Volume Manager 2.5/ 3.0
• Provisioned storage from Symmetrix, CLARiiON to various Operating system hosts and used Auto Provisioning to assign storage from VMAX array.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX array to host by creating Data devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to Pool and masking the Thin devices to the host, using SMC 7.0
• Configuration of High Availability HA , DRS, vMotion, virtual switch and creating Vlan ID.
• Virtual Center server management.
• Expertise in implementing Time Finder operations like Mirror/Clone/Snap for Symmetrix and Snap View - Clone/Snapshot for CLARiiON to provide a copy of production for decision making and testing for new upgrades.
• Hands on experience in implementing a Disaster Recovery solutions using SRDF/S, SRDF/A for Symmetrix and Mirror View/S and Mirror View/A, Recover point for CLARiiON.
• Strong experience with Array based and Host based migrations tools like Power Path Migration Enabler PPME , Open Replicator, Open Migrator and SanCopy for Symmetrix and CLARiiON.
• Proven experience in using SYMCLI, Symmetrix Management Console SMC and Navisphere Manager.
• Knowledge on EMC Control Center ECC , Unisphere, Fast and Fast VP working on Flare 30 in CLARiiON and FAST VP running on Enguinity 5875 in Symmetrix Storage Systems.
• Experienced in configuring and managing EMC PowerPath solution and HDLM for path failover, load balancing, path management and automatic I/O failure detection.
• Good working knowledge on SAN management to support all kinds of operating systems SUN Solaris, Unix, Windows and VMware ESX/ESXi servers.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

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STORAGE ENGINEER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Migrated data from multiple Non EMC Hitachi, HP arrays to EMC
• Migration of heterogeneous Servers HP UX, Solaris, Windows, from DMX, CLARiiON, to VMAX, using SRDF, Recover point, and Open replicator.
• Performed storage migration from Symmetrix DMX 1000 to DMX-4 storage array using host based software PPME
• Manage Recover point, Data migration using Open Replicator for Symm and Open Migrator, and SanCopy. Manage remote replications between sites using EMC Recover Point with Cisco splitter , Mirror view, PPME SRDF. Document storage operations procedure and standards.
• Allocate storage from Symmetrix DMX3,DMX4 and VMX and from Clarion CX3 and CX4
• Provide Technical assistant in storage environment for better performance in SAN with minimum down time which connected to different Windows and Unix servers in data center
• Manage and implement work for EMC enterprise and mid level arrays,DMX3,DMX4,VMAX and Clarion CX3, CX4 series
• Created RAID Groups, Thin luns and Meta luns based on the application requirements using SYMCLI, Navisphere Manager.
• Involved in managing of existing file systems using VERITAS Volume Manager and Solaris Volume Manager
• Disk and file system administration using VERITAS Volume Manager and Sun Solstice Disk Suite and keeping the software version and patch level up-to-date.
• Used VERITAS Netbackup tool for Backup and recovery.
• Responsibilities also include registering hosts, creating RAID groups, binding LUNs, and adding luns to Storage groups using Navisphere and NaviCLI for various UNIX and windows hosts.
• Implementing NFS and CIFS in VNX
• Creating and Managing File Systems, shares, quotas etc., in VNX
• Implemented and tested SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications from DMX3 to DMX4 including creation of dynamic RA groups, dynamic RDF pairs and device groups.
• Installation, configuration and driver upgrades of HBA 's on UNIX and Windows servers
• Managed Cisco/Brocade switch, created VSAN, added members to zones, added zones to Zone set and activated zone set using command line interface
• Day to day jobs include storage allocation, Zoning, mapping and masking including troubleshooting, monitoring and Reporting on the SAN environment.
• Preparing documentation for best practice ,tracking and performance during migration

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STORAGE ENGINEER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administration of enterprise arrays VMAX, DMX3, DMX4, mid-tier arrays CLARiON CX4-960, CX4-480, CX3-40F, CX3-40C to provide efficient high available storage environment to support various customers.
• Installed Solutions Enabler, SMC, SPA and upgraded from 7.3 to 7.4
• Performed deployments on VMAX by cabling the array and building a high availability environment for the customers
• Knowledge on most EMC hardware and software products and good hands on experience on day to day activities.
• Assisted in administering CIFS and NFS in NetApp NAS/SAN environments
• Involved in setup of NAS device EMCCelerra NS20
• Performed host based migrations using PPME for customers who demanded high IOPS and extensive performance.
• Performed host remediation, upgrade of PowerPath and HBA BIOS/Drivers, OS includes HP-UX, Windows servers.
• Executed VM migrations using SANCopy from one array to another when decommissioning end of life array.
• Configuration of vMotion, Virtual Switch in Virtual Center.
• Resource Management Resource pools, vMotion and Distributed Resource Scheduler
• Migrate Virtual Machines with vMotion.
• Configuring Celerra Replicator on Celerra systems for Local and Remote Replication after creating checkpoints
• Created Raid Groups and Storage groups assigned LUNs to Hosts using Unisphere and provisioned storage using SMC, SYMCLI on VMAX.
• Created and exported NFS and CIFS shares from EMC Celerra
• Performed Storage pools and migrated all the LUNs from Raid Groups to Pools for better performance.
• Part of team that tested SRDF failover-failback procedure for disaster recover planning
• Assisted with implementation and upgrade services for Celerra NS480 and NS960, ECC.
• Implemented and upgraded firmware for CISCO MDS switches - 9513, 9509, 9216i
• Planning and documentation of migration strategies, DR plans with SAN and NAS
• Implemented SnapView and SnapShot creation, SnapRestore solutions for migration and Backup purposes.

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STORAGE CONSULTANT

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide Technical Support in Troubleshooting, Managing, and improving SAN Storage Environment.
• Implemented Auto provisioning by creating Initiator Groups, Port Groups, Storage Groups, and Masking Views for the V-MAX system.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX array to hosts by creating Data devices, thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to Pool and masking the Thin devices to the host, using SMC 7.0.
• Managed and administrated Hitachi VSP, USP V, AMS 2500 AMS 2300 models.
• Storage provisioning on Hitachi VSP, USP V and AMS arrays through Storage Navigator 2, Storage Navigator and SNM 2.
• Managed Cisco switch, created VSAN, added members to zones, added zones to Zone set and activated zone set using command line interface.
• Manage Recover point, Data migration using Open Replicator for Symm and Open Migrator, and SanCopy. Manage remote replications between sites using EMC Recover Point with Cisco splitter , Mirror view, SRDF. Document storage operations procedure and standards. Support storage requirements for the VMWare environment
• Assists customers with remote replication setup and planning using Recover Point
• Configure Dynamic Provisioning on Hitachi USP arrays.
• Collecting Storage Performance reports using Hitachi Tuning Manager.
• Allocated storage from SymmetrixDMX3, DMX4, V-MAX and ClariionCX3-40, CX4-480, CX4-960.
• Implemented and Configured Business Continuity Solutions using Time finder BCV/Clone/ Snap for Symmetrix DMX.
• Upgraded hosts as per the HEAT report and installed / upgraded and configured Power Path for Solaris and Windows Operating Systems before migrating to the new storage arrays.
• Implementing and Administrating thin provisioning in VNX
• Configuring and managing Network for File in VNX
• Implementing NFS and CIFS in VNX
• Creating and Managing File Systems, shares, quotas etc in VNX
• Planned and implemented FAST Fully Automated Storage Tiering and Virtual Provisioning on both Symmetrix and Clariion arrays for demanding applications
• Fast and Fast VP working on Flare 30 in CLARiiON and FAST VP running on Enguinity 5875 in Symmetrix Storage Systems.
• Migrated TB's of data using Open Migrator/Open Replicator from DMX-4 to VMAX and SANCopy to migrate data from CX4-120 to CX4-960.
• Created RAID Groups, Thin luns and Meta luns based on the application requirements using SYMCLI, Navisphere Manager.
• Responsibilities also include registering hosts, creating RAID groups, binding LUNs, and adding luns to Storage groups using Navisphere and NaviCLI for various UNIX and windows hosts.
• Configured and allocated storage for VMware hosts from DMX-3/DMX-4 and Clariion including configuration of port flag settings for FA ports.
• Implemented and tested SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications from DMX3 to DMX4 including creation of dynamic RA groups, dynamic RDF pairs and device groups.
• Create/dissolve Meta Volumes, Change device configuration and map/un map devices to FA ports as and when required.
• Based on EMC recommendations, updated required patches Operating System and HBA drivers on all systems that are part of the data migration.

ENVIRONMENT: Dmx 8830, Dmx2, Dmx-3, Cx700, Cx3-80, Ams 1000/500 Cisco Mds 9513 / 9509 / 9120, Brocade 48k, 4100, Symcli Solutions Enabler, Ecc 6.0, Time Finder, Srdf/A, Cisco Cli And Cisco Fabric Manager.Solaris 8/9, Hp-Ux/Aix, Windows 2000/2003

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SAN STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Daily maintenance and administration of enterprise SAN that included several Symmetrix DMX arrays and CLARiiON connected to several Windows UNIX servers in the Data center.
• Configured and allocated storage for production and corporate VMware hosts from DMX-3/DMX-4 using Symcli and CLARiiON CX4-120/CX4-960 using Navisphere Manager.
• Migrated several Solaris servers to DMX-4 from DMX-3000 using Open Migrator, Logical Volume Manager and VERITAS Volume Manager.
• Raid group creation/deletion, LUN creation/deletion and LUN allocation/de-allocation on Hitachi enterprise and modular storage boxes.
• Manage Hitachi storages using Storage Navigator and SNM2 and generate report through HTnM.
• Creation of V-Vol Groups and V-Vols, Associate V-Vols to pools using Storage Navigator GUI.
• Managed Cisco switch, created VSAN, added members to zones, added zones to Zone set and activated zone set using command line interface.
• Collecting Storage Performance reports using Hitachi Tuning Manager.
• Configured Zoning on Brocade Silkworm switches DCX, 48K, 12K, 5300, 5100 and 4900 through Brocade CLI, Web Tools and Cisco MDS Multilayer Data Switches 9506, 9509, and 9513 through Cisco CLI, Fabric Manager.
• Installing and setting up Cisco MDS switches, creating VSANs, Port-channels and troubleshooting SAN Problems.
• Installed Powerpath 5.3, Navisphere Host Agent, Solutions Enabler 7.1.1, SMC 7.1.1, Replication Manager 5.2.3, ECC 6.0 Master/Host agent on all servers connected to storage.

ENVIRONMENT: DMX-2000,DMX-1000, Clariion CX-600,Cisco MDS 9513 Directors, Brocade 48k/5100, ECC, Symcli, Navisphere, And Fabric Manager, AIX, Solaris, Linux,HP-UX And Windows.

Confidential

STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installed and configured of hardware and OS on servers, workstations and I/O devices on SUN Fire and SPARC environment.
• System builds from the scratch for UNIX and Linux system.
• Responsible for NFS and Configured NFS Servers and Clients and troubleshooting system and NFS issues.
• Installed and configured new hard drives and memory.
• Package, Patches management, migration, integration distribution in development, testing, QA, Training, Production environment.
• Used Admin tool for adding and managing new users, groups, software and printers.
• Created disk groups, volumes, volume groups and RAIDs using VERITAS Volume Manager.
• Involved in disk configuration and disk crash recovery using format and fdisk. Created new slices, mounted new file systems and unmounted file systems.
• Created Korn shell scripts to automate Cron jobs and system maintenance. Scheduled Cron jobs for job automation.
• Involved in preparation of functional and system specifications. Estimated Storage requirements for applications.
• Installed of all the required Software, patches, documentation, licensing trouble shooting.
• Responsible for fax link and send mail.
• Implemented and maintained high end storage arrays like EMC Symmetrix DMX-2000, DMX-3, DMX-2 and CLARiiON CX-600/700 in SAN Environments
• Installed and configured Cisco MDS 9140/9120 and involved in the SAN migration from Brocade 3800 CISCO.
• Create new devices and configure them for the type of role they want to perform using symconfigure.
• Mapping and un-mapping devices to front-end directors using SYMCLI.
• Meta creations and LUN masking using SYMCLI.
• Monitoring the health of the SAN and generating the reports from ECC. Maintaining the infrastructure for smooth running from the day-to-day issues and the maximum uptime for the users.
• Hands on experience in setting the EMC Time Finder BCV to provide a copy of production for backup purpose without impacting the performance of the production.
• Installing and configuring 3rd party applications, schedulers, middleware and databases.
• Designed/implemented the HA cluster solution for Central Backup/Recovery master server.
• Installing and configuring the PowerPath for load balance, setup the policy to provide the best high availability that is possible.

ENVIRONMENT: EMC Symmetrix/ DMX3, DMX2, DMX 2000, Cx700/500, MDS Cisco 9140, 9120, Brocade 48K, 49K,39K, AIX, Sun Solaris, Windows 2K3, 2K, Symcli, Navisphere Manager, Webtools, Ciscocli, Device Manager, Fabric Manager, Timefinder/BCV.